PURE with Howard Thompson

"Angels & Devils" (broadcast 3/5/21)

Paul Thorn: Angel Too Soon
The Beatles: Devil In Her Heart
Mikel Rouse: Guide To Angels
Bryan Ferry: Sympathy For The Devil
Lukas Nelson, Promise Of The Real w/ Neil Young: Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground
Michael Doucet and Tom Rigney: Chasing the Devil
Terry Allen: Angels of the Wind
Lee Ann Womack: Sleeping With The Devil
Cowboy Junkies: Misguided Angel
Mark Knopfler: Devil Baby
Hollie Cook: Angel Fire
Dandy Livingstone: Suzanne Beware of the Devil
Randy Newman: Harps And Angels
J.J. Cale: Devil In Disguise
Elvis Costello: (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (demo)
Albert Castiglia: Where the Devil Makes His Deals
Patti Smith Group: Ask The Angels
Elvis Presley: (You're The) Devil In Disguise
Bobby Bare: The Trouble With Angels
John Campbell: Devil in My Closet
John Campbell: Angel of Sorrow
Chumbawamba: The Devil's Interval
Kirsty MacColl: Angel
Atomic Rooster: Devil's Answer
Wizzard: Angel Fingers
Sarah Shook & the Disarmers: Devil May Care
Laura Cantrell: I Don't Claim To Be An Angel
Tony Joe White: They Caught The Devil And Put Him In Jail In Eudora, Arkansas
Trailer: Bury Me An Angel
Suzi Quatro: Devil Gate Drive
Alan Vega: Angel
Chris Isaak: Speak Of The Devil
The Psychedelic Furs: Angels Don't Cry
Gene Vincent: Race With The Devil
Nick Lowe: How Do You Talk to an Angel
Ronnie Dawson: Up Jumped The Devil
Rosie Flores: His Rockin' Little Angel
Sarah Quintana: In The Devil's Country, Part 1
Happy Mondays: Angel
Grateful Dead: Friend of the Devil (demo)
The Rolling Stones: Sweet Black Angel
Shorty Long: Devil With The Blue Dress
The Penguins: Earth Angel

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Airing twice a month on WPKN 89.5FM Bridgeport!

howard loves all kinds of music and has collected records ever since his uncle gave him Rock Around The Clock as a 6th birthday present

howard worked in the music biz so he could get more free records and meet wondrous people

howard made records with Adam & the Ants, Alan Vega, Angel Corpus Christi, Aswad, Barb Jungr, Billy Bragg, Danny Gatton, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Georgia Satellites, Hamell On Trial, Herb Alpert, Ian Hunter, John Campbell, Judy Tenuta, ManBreak, Motörhead, Peter C Johnson, the Prissteens, the Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Roky Erickson & the Aliens, Rubén Blades, Sally Oldfield, Sara Hickman, Scatterbrain, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, the Slits, the Star Spangles, the Sugarcubes, Susan Fassbender, Tulipomania, Victor DeLorenzo, Yellowman and 10,000 Maniacs to name a few. He was the first to release records by MX-80 Sound, the Real Kids and Suicide in Europe and th’ Faith Healers, the Gipsy Kings, Happy Mondays, Paul Young, the Sisters Of Mercy, and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and is grateful to Steve di Costanzo and Peter Bochan for letting him in. Terry Hopper too, for giving up an hour of The Quest to see if it could work

howard thinks Bob Dylan should be President, and ‘Poison’ Ivy Rorschach should be Vice-President